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German Literature

Analyzing Wagner's Operas
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
An examination of work by the German music theorist, Alfred Lorenz, to explain Wagner's operas and how they fit with German nationalist ideology.

Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
The first in-depth study of Mendelssohn's two settings of Goethe's Die erste Walpurgisnacht, in the context of scenes from Goethe's Faust and other works.

Music in German Immigrant Theater
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
A history -- the first ever -- of the abundant traditions of German-American musical theater in New York, and a treasure trove of songs and information.

Not So Plain as Black and White
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
An exploration of the subject of Afro-Germans, which, in recent years has captured the interest of scholars across the humanities for providing insight into contemporary Germany's transformation into a multicultural society.

Othmar Schoeck
Series: Eastman Studies in Music

Schubert in the European Imagination, Volume 2
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
A richly detailed examination of the historical reception of Franz Schubert in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe, with a concentration on fin-de-siècle Vienna.

Schubert in the European Imagination, Volume 1
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
How Franz Schubert and his compositions were viewed in nineteenth-century European criticism, literature, and the visual arts, from Schumann to George Eliot to Whistler.

Wagner and Venice
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Explores Wagner's lengthy stays in Venice, his death there, and the meaning of his works -- and his death -- for that great city and its mystique.

Wagner and Wagnerism in Nineteenth-Century Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic Provinces:
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
An exploration of how Wagner's operas were performed and received in the theaters of Stockholm and other cities of the region.

Wagner's Meistersinger
A volume of collected essays which engage Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg from the perspective of both active performers and academics in a wide range of disciplines.

Wagner's Meistersinger (paperback)
A volume of collected essays which engage Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg from the perspective of both active performers and academics in a wide range of disciplines.